Michael, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael T. Babcock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Heikki Tuuri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 4:36 PM Subject: Re: InnoDB recovery
> Heikki Tuuri wrote: > > >if you have on tape old images of ibdata files and ib_logfile's, you can try > >crash recovery from them, possibly using innodb_force_recovery=6. > > > > > > Unfortunately, as mentionned, I only have the data files on tape, no log > files. > > Are the data files 'dumpable' ?? log files are as important a part of a database as ibdata files. You can try using some dummy log files from another installation and set force recovery to 6 to skip the log scan. > SQL > > -- > Michael T. Babcock Regards, Heikki > C.T.O., FibreSpeed Ltd. > http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php